Electric cigar-lighter.



-J LEVEBN & M.L. ASHBAUGH.

ELECTRIC CIGAR LIGHTER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16, 1912.

mated-Se t. 24, 1912.

JOSEPH LEVEEN AND IKIFFLIN L. ASE: BzlUGZ-I, OE 511i DER/SON, INDIANA.

ELECTRIC ore Specification of Letters Patent Patent-ed Sept 2 2, It

Application'file February 15, 1912. Serial no. 677,951.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Josnrn Lnv'anrrand lilirrtzn" L. Asrrnausir, citizens of the United States, residents of Anderson, infthe,

once being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. 5

Figure 1 is a perspective View 01 the pre ferred embodiment of the invention. Fig, '2 is a central vertical section of the same.

Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view of the electric circuit. Fig. 4 is a. sectional fragmentary detail view of the dip, the wick or absor bent being removed. Figs. 5 and 6 are de-" tail'fraginentary views showing the manner of using the dip.

v The invention has relation to electrically ignited lighters for cigars, and the like, and it consists in. the novel construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth. In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, the numeral 1, designates a dip designed to carry a sufficient amount of alcohol or other liquid hydrocarbon for lighting; purposes and 2, is a pair of circuit terminals or cont-acts of. an electrical circuit 3, said cont-acts being spaced apart and having projections 4-, spaced from each other by intervals 5, the lateral surfaces 6 of said projections having presentation outward with relation to the space separating said. contacts, and said dip being adapted to be struck in a sliding manner along said lateral surfaces and across said intervals to successively make and break the circuit and cause a succession of sparks to ignite the dip.

it is preferred to interpose a lamp or lamps T in said circuit. said lamp to be suecessively illuminated fand extinguished the circuit made and broken by said clip, and being located behind a transparency 8, bearing suitable advertising or other matter.

The contacts are preferably pr vi with a double parallel series otprojections l, as shown, the lateral surfaces 6 of the pro- 11 for the main lead wires 9 and 10 jec'tions of the two series being located in 'converging planes, and 1t is turther preferred to storm the dip with a hollow metal stem 9, having a. wedgdtorin head 10, pro

vided with openings or slots 11 in its side walls, a wick or absorbent material 12, being located within said head, and back of said openings.

it is preferred to locate the invention within a casing 14 having a base 15 wherein the lamps are located, and an upper smaller part 16, wherein the receptacle 17 for the hydrocarbonis located, said upper part having a slot 18 in its upper wall, and the contacts being secured to the casing along said slot. The base and the upper part of the casing are provided with transparent walls 8, bearing the advertising or'other matter. v Owing to the wedge form of the head of the dip, and the converging projections of tne contacts, the head is guided between the con tacts in its entrance and; guided along the contacts to make and break the circuit. The lamp being alternately illuminated and extinguished at the same timethat the dip is used, the attention of the user is naturally drawn to the advertising or other matter upon the transparency.

The electric circuit may havebinding posts The battery is shown at 12 the lamp filament at 1%, and the handle for the dip at 3.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters lPatent is:

1. An electric cigar lighter, comprising an electric circuit, a dip, a pair of contact plates h living; downward bent converging serrated edge portions separated by a wedge form interval of greater width at the top than at the bottom thereof, the serrations of said edge portions forming a guidewa'y for sliding movement of the dip in a straight path, the wedge form. interval allowing free movement. of the dip downward into contact with and upward away from t-he serrations the and finish of the sliding movement.

An electric cigar lighter, comprising" an electric circuit, a dip, a pair ofcontac-t' of said edge portions forming a guideway with lateral openings, and a wick within for sliding movement of the-dip in estraight said head and behind said openings. path, the wedge form interval allowing free In testimony whereof we aflix our signamovement of the dip downward into contact tures in presence of two witnesses. 5 with and upward away from the serrations atthe start and finish of the sliding move- JOSEPH LEVEEN' ment, said dip having a wedge form head MIFFLIN ASHBAUGH for close contact with said projections. Witnesses: 3. In an electric cigar lighter, a dip hav- SIDNEY L. JAMES,

10 ing a hollow wedge form head, provided AUSTIN RETHERFQRD. 

